SBM Intelligence

We provide analysis of the West African geopolitical and economic situation through such means as may prove to be expedient for the purpose. [email protected]

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The SBM #JollofIndex: a decade of rising costs: #Nigeria's jollof pot has surged 624% since 2016. #Ghana's is next. 🇳🇬🇬🇭🍛

Read how households are coping.

https://t.co/vGyOjEfV0c

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#Chad leaves @IntlCrimCourt.
#Senegal merges 437 groups into one party.
#Nigeria snubs #SouthAfrica's envoys.

Africa's political map is redrawing itself—and nobody asked for directions. 🇹🇩🇸🇳🇳🇬🇿🇦

https://t.co/cwmSS7UyC1

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#Nigeria awards oil blocks, exposes ghost workers, jails kidnappers, and snubs #RSA's envoys.

🍫Cocoa gets a makeover, #Chad leaves @IntlCrimCourt, and 5 parties get a second life. Providence? 🇳🇬🇿🇦🇹🇩

https://t.co/mxKVh53VD9

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Chart of the week: The deepfake attack map

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Naira bonds rise

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#Nigeria repatriates 1,490 citizens from #SouthAfrica after fresh xenophobic attacks – 7 flights in 5 weeks.

@HouseNGR has now launched a probe into losses suffered since 2008. This time, silence is not an option. 🇳🇬🇿🇦

https://t.co/mt3fcwCxsm

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#America wants to cut aid to #Nigeria. Nigeria brings 1,490 citizens home from #SouthAfrica. #DRC sends its lithium to #China.

Who's really winning here? 🇳🇬🇿🇦🇨🇩🇨🇳 🇺🇸

https://t.co/ZvdLt2x5GN

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#America threatens aid to #Nigeria.
Nigeria does VAT, fake agencies, and brings 1,490 home from #SouthAfrica.
#Ghana jails Wontumi, #IvoryCoast gets US military training, #DRC sends lithium to #China. 🇳🇬🇬🇭🇨🇮🇨🇩🇿🇦🇺🇸🇨🇳

The compass always points to cash.

https://t.co/bJRgZDSj5F

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Video: AI threatens #Nigeria's 2027 election

https://t.co/rVF6oFBkZp

64.9% of Nigerians are already alarmed about AI deepfakes.

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Chart of the week: Tax man wins, oil man sweats

Read the full analysis: https://t.co/SaQeqsgudm

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A @UNHumanRights mission accuses #Sudan's RSF of genocide in Darfur, as the army links peace talks to full RSF withdrawal from occupied cities. 🇸🇩🇺🇳

https://t.co/fkG5lOXUfU

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📢 #Nigeria pumps more oil, borrows ₦5tn, and Dangote switches to dollars, good for the budget, bad for your wallet. #Ghana records 24,778 fraud cases as digital payments boom, a possible tale of growth versus security.🇳🇬🇬🇭

https://t.co/yEgUcMZa5r

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#Nigeria: 🛢️⬆️, @DangoteGroup charges USD.
₦5tn bond debt, @HQNigerianArmy get ₦100k.
45 kids rescued, @PeterObi fears for his life.
@UN: RSF genocide.
#IvoryCoast gold crackdown.
#Ghana fraud spike.

What's the only thing not rising? 🇳🇬🇬🇭🇨🇮🇸🇩 🇺🇳

https://t.co/uObTyKItP0

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Chart of the week: #Nigeria's grid gap

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🇬🇭 #Ghana's unemployment puzzle

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#Maroc arrests 10 suspects linked to #ISIS's Sahel affiliate, foiling planned attacks. The group had pledged allegiance and received instructions to target sensitive sites.

Extremism is spreading from the Sahel into North Africa. 🇲🇦🛡️

https://t.co/vfpLt6BFhk

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It's a mixed bag: @CustomsNG revenue up 29%, @nnpclimited down 13%. A lithium plant opens for value-added minerals. #Morocco foils an ISIS-linked plot. The economic picture is shifting, and so are the risks. 🇳🇬🇲🇦 #Nigeria #Economy #Security

https://t.co/uSMQqg5Cpm

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#IvoryCoast finishes @IMFNews programme, wants $18bn.

#Maroc busts ISIS.

#Ghana's job ads fall but formal jobs grow.

#Nigeria: @CustomsNG up, @nnpclimited down, lithium shines, Big Tech chased, fake council scandal.

🇨🇮🇲🇦🇬🇭🇳🇬

https://t.co/N90sYy0uFR

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Chart of the week: #WestAfrica's flood crisis 🌊

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Thousands of migrants flee #SouthAfrica. #Malawi and others arrange buses and flights.

Police patrol major cities amid protests. At least four foreigners have been killed in recent weeks. Fear and job losses drive departures. 🇿🇦🇲🇼🚫

https://t.co/EVyBeUKtRs